2019 New Caledonian legislative election

2019 New Caledonian legislative election

12 May 2019

All 54 seats in the Congress 27 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– AEC Virginie Ruffenach 29.35 18 +5 Caledonia Together Philippe Michel 14.48 7 −8 UC–FLNKS Pierre-Chanel Tutugoro 12.94 9 −1 UNI Jean-Pierre Djaïwe 11.51 9 +2 FLNKS Jean-Pierre Djaïwé 10.23 6 +1 EO Milakulo Tukumuli 5.52 3 New PT No leader 3.80 1 0 LKS No leader 1.39 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province.

Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 12 May 2019 to elect members of the Congress of New Caledonia and members of the provincial assemblies.

Anti-independence parties retained their majority in Congress, with the centre-right, liberal conservative Future with Confidence party winning a plurality of seats in Congress.

Electoral system

Voters elect 76 members to the assemblies of the three provinces of New Caledonia (40 for South Province, 22 for North Province, and 14 for the Loyalty Islands Province). In turn, 54 also become members of the Congress of New Caledonia (32 from South Province, 15 from North Province, and 7 from Loyalty Islands Province).

The elections are held under party-list proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold and the highest averages method to allocate seats. The elections used a restricted roll, which restricts voting depending on how long someone has lived in New Caledonia. Only persons residing in New Caledonia since at least 8 November 1998 (and their children, once they reach the age of majority) are able to vote.

Results

Congress

Party		Position	Votes	%	Seats
					Provincial assemblies	+/–	Congress	+/–
	Future with Confidence	Anti-independence	32,336	29.35	23	+7	18	+5
	Caledonia Together	Anti-independence	15,948	14.48	9	–11	7	–8
	Caledonian Union–FLNKS	Pro-Independence	14,255	12.94	15	–2	9	–1
	National Union for Independence	Pro-Independence	12,679	11.51	14	+3	9	+2
	Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front	Pro-Independence	11,269	10.23	7	+1	6	+1
	Oceanian Awakening	Anti-independence	6,077	5.52	4	New	3	New
	Labour Party	Pro-Independence	4,182	3.80	2	0	1	0
	National Rally	Anti-independence	2,707	2.46	0	0	0	0
	Citizens' Alliance	Neutral	2,043	1.85	0	New	0	New
	New Independence and Sovereignty Movement	Pro-Independence	1,971	1.79	0	New	0	New
	Build Differently	Neutral	1,852	1.68	0	New	0	New
	Common Caledonian Destiny	Anti-independence	1,667	1.51	0	New	0	New
	Kanak Socialist Liberation	Pro-Independence	1,536	1.39	2	0	1	0
	New and Reunited Caledonia	Anti-independence	841	0.76	0	New	0	New
	Unitary Kanaky Generation	Pro-Independence	800	0.73	0	New	0	New
Total			110,163	100.00	76	0	54	0
Valid votes			110,163	97.70
Invalid/blank votes			2,597	2.30
Total votes			112,760	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			169,635	66.47
Source: New Caledonia Government

Provincial assemblies

South

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	AEC	28,802	54.15	+2.21	20	+5
	Caledonia Together	13,122	24.67	-17.95	9	-8
	FLNKS	11,269	21.19	-2.13	7	+1
Total		53,193	100.00	–	36	–

North

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	UNI	9,709	38.50	+0.57	10	+1
	Caledonian Union-FLNKS	9,069	35.96	+0.60	9	±0
	AEC	3,072	12.18	+2.82	3	+2
	Caledonia Together	1,975	7.83	-3.11	0	-3
	Labour	842	3.34	-3.06	0	±0
	MNIS	554	2.20	New	0	New
Total		25,221	100.00	–	22	–
Valid votes		25,221	97.93
Invalid votes		233	0.90
Blank votes		300	1.16
Total votes		25,754	100.00

Loyalty Islands

Party or alliance				Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Separatists		Caledonian Union-FLNKS	5,186	37.09	-13.47	6	-2
			UNI-PLK	2,970	21.24	+6.18	4	+2
			Labour	2,005	14.34	-1.66	2	±0
			LKS	1,536	10.98	-0.51	2	±0
			UKG	800	5.72	New	0	New
			MNIS	173	1.24	New	0	New
			Loyalists		Caledonia Together	851	6.09	New	0	New
	AEC			462	3.30	-3.59	0	±0
Total				13,983	100.00	–	14	–
Valid votes				13,983	99.18
Invalid votes				58	0.41
Blank votes				58	0.41
Total votes				14,099	100.00